Homeless and broke, Kenyan woman in Dubai cries for help: A homeless Kenyan woman stranded in Dubai is appealing for assistance after giving birth in the gulf state. The 28-year-old woman had traveled to Dubai looking

DUBAI // A man who drowned off the Jumeirah Open Beach last week has been identified as a Kenyan who worked at a Dubai cafe. Stanley Wekesa, 32, had been employed as a waiter at the Madeline Cafe and Boulangerie in Dubai Mall for the past eight months. He died at Rashid Hospital last Monday […]

The body of a Kenyan woman held in an Abu Dhabi mortuary in the UAE will be brought home next week. Senator Emma Mbura yesterday said Salama Nyamvula’s body has been lying in the morgue for two months. Details about Nyamvula’s woes in the UAE are sketchy, Mbura said. It is not clear how Nyamvula […]

DUBAI // A group of Kenyan schoolchildren visiting the emirate for the first time on an exchange trip have been thrilled by the sights and developed friendships with local children. Five disadvantaged children from the Barut Primary School in Nakuru, western Kenya, along with two teachers, have enjoyed a taste of what life is like […]

A 36-year-old Kenyan flight coordinator at the airport has been sentenced to three months in jail for molesting an airlines employee. The Court of First Instance also ordered that the defendant be deported after serving his jail time. The coordinator, identified as D.M., is believed to have sexually harassed and tried to have sex with the Vietnamese woman while […]

Sharjah: A 25-year-old Kenyan woman died on the spot after a water scooter she was riding crashed into the rocks on Al Mamzar Corniche in Sharjah on Wednesday evening. A hospital official said that she suffered severe damage in the head and skull and had internal bleeding. The police said that they received a call […]

Foreign Affairs and International Trade Cabinet Secretary Ambassador Amina Mohamed says the UAE government officials will be in the country to assess the skills they are interested in starting this Thursday, after which recruitment for skilled and semi-skilled roles will be conducted in three weeks time. Ambassador Mohamed has attributed the offer for jobs by […]

Abu Dhabi: Unscrupulous agents in Kenya are trying to cash in as more Kenyans choose to work and live in the UAE, community leaders say. The Kenyan Welfare Association (Kewa) in the UAE is trying to raise awareness in the community about such dishonest people. “They [unscrupulous agents] pose a major challenge to the Kenyan […]